HIST133-09S1 (C) Semester One 2009
Medieval Europe: from Rome to the Black Death

Description

Medieval Europe sounds familiar to most of us, suggesting images of castles and cathedrals, knights in shining armour and damsels in distress.  This was without doubt the seedbed of European civilization, which gave the world such useful things as parliaments, universities, the compass, gunpowder and the mechanical clock.  Yet it is also a strange and unfamiliar world, where people went on crusades, burned heretics and believed in miracles.  What was life like for a knight, or a serf?  As a monk or a nun?  How did Europe cope with the Black Death?  These and many other fascinating questions will be addressed (and answered) in this short survey course.

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